pondshine

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Digital

Artist Notes

© 2011 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved _________________________________________________________________________________ imprecation _________________________________________________________________________________ gazing at diana, silver, half-consumed by hungry clouds, i pray to that great huntress with her bow, mistress of swift sighthounds, captive to no man's moods. _________________________________________________________________________________ i pray for strength of purpose, to be freed from the need of admiration in men's eyes, unbuckled from the weakness of the flesh, absolved of folly, cleansed of all desire for helplessness. _________________________________________________________________________________ oh mother goddess moon, shed on your pleading daughter silver strands of wisdom, shine the light of reason into my darkest wantings, sever from my being the frayed ropes that bind the anchor of unworthiness across my fearful soul. ~ © 1997, renewed 2011 RC deWinter _________________________________________________________________________________ Moonlight and serenity embrace a walled pond in Plainville, Connecticut.